Research Catalog

Title

Empty bed blues / Bessie Smith.

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : Columbia, [1971]

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Details

Additional Authors

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937

Description

2 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm.; 12 in.

Subject

• Blues (Music)

Note

• "This is the third of five two-record sets comprising Bessie Smith\u0027s legacy of 160 selections."
• Program notes by Chris Albertson on container.

Event (note)

• Recorded 1924-28.

Contents

• Sorrowful blues / Smith-Johns (3:16) -- Pinchbacks-take \u0027em away / Smith-Johns (3:13) -- Rocking chair blues / Smith-Johns (3:12) -- Ticket agent, ease your window down / Williams (3:19) -- Boweavil blues / Rainey-Austin (2:51) -- Hateful blues / Johnson (3:06) -- Frankie blues / Johnson (3:28) -- Moonshine blues / Rainey (3:14) -- Lou\u0027siana low down blues / Williams (3:23) -- Mountain top blues / Williams (3:11) -- Work house blues / Wallace (3:19) -- House rent blues / Wallace (3:05) -- Salt water blues / Brooks (3:26) -- Rainy weather blues / Brooks (3:34) -- Weeping willow blues / Carter (3:07) -- The bye bye blues / Carter (3:15) -- I used to be your sweet mama / Miller-Longshaw (2:48) -- I\u0027d rather be dead and buried in my grave / Fuller (2:54) -- Standin\u0027 in the rain blues / Smith (2:52) -- It won\u0027t be you / Smith (2:46) -- Spider man blues / Smith-Gray (3:21) -- Empty bed blues / Johnson (6:19) -- Put it right here (or keep it out there) / Grainger (2:57)
• (continued) Yes indeed he do! / Grainger (3:13) -- Devil\u0027s gonna get you / Grainger (3:09) -- You ought to be ashamed / Grainger (3:05) -- Washwoman\u0027s blues / Williams (3:07) -- Slow and easy man / Red (2:55) -- Poor man\u0027s blues / Smith (3:24) -- Please help me get him off my mind / Smith (2:55) -- Me and my gin / Burke (2:50).

LCCN

74764363

OCLC

• ocm03265594
• SCSB-3147550

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries